This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePresident Trump threatened Monday to send federal law enforcement forces to Oakland, similar to his deployment of Homeland Security agents in camouflage uniforms in Portland — a move that’s been loudly criticized by officials in Oregon and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.“We’re going to have more federal law enforcement — that I can tell you,” Trump said Monday. “Because we’re not going to let New York and Chicago and Philadelphia and Detroit and Baltimore and all of these (cities) — Oakland is a mess. We’re not going to let this...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePresident Trump threatened Monday to send federal law enforcement forces to Oakland, similar to his deployment of Homeland Security agents in camouflage uniforms in Portland — a move that’s been loudly criticized by officials in Oregon and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.“We’re going to have more federal law enforcement — that I can tell you,” Trump said Monday. “Because we’re not going to let New York and Chicago and Philadelphia and Detroit and Baltimore and all of these (cities) — Oakland is a mess. We’re not going to let this...WW…

A woman who said she has known San Francisco congressional candidate Shahid Buttar for nearly 20 years is accusing him of repeatedly sexually harassing her.Elizabeth Croydon, a comedian, artist and filmmaker, wrote published Tuesday that Buttar harassed her starting when they both lived in Washington, D.C., in 2003, and continued to do so over several years.Buttar is a fellow Democrat, for the San Francisco seat she has held since 1987. He is a democratic socialist who says Pelosi is insufficiently progressive.“We on the left must hold ourselves to a higher standard as we are committed to...…A woman who said she has known San Francisco congressional candidate Shahid Buttar for nearly 20 years is accusing him of repeatedly sexually harassing her.Elizabeth Croydon, a comedian, artist and filmmaker, wrote published Tuesday that Buttar harassed her starting when they both lived in Washington, D.C., in 2003, and continued to do so over several years.Buttar is a fellow Democrat, for the San Francisco seat she has held since 1987. He is a democratic socialist who says Pelosi is insufficiently progressive.“We on the left must hold ourselves to a higher standard as we are committed to...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateTop California Democratic leaders are demanding that the party stop accepting campaign contributions from law enforcement unions, The Chronicle has learned — the latest sign in how the Black Lives Matter movement is reshaping politics since the death of George Floyd.Since 2017, the state party — the largest in the nation — has accepted $1.8 million from four police unions and other organizations representing law enforcement employees, according to a letter signed by the chairs of eight of the party’s caucuses, including those...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateTop California Democratic leaders are demanding that the party stop accepting campaign contributions from law enforcement unions, The Chronicle has learned — the latest sign in how the Black Lives Matter movement is reshaping politics since the death of George Floyd.Since 2017, the state party — the largest in the nation — has accepted $1.8 million from four police unions and other organizations representing law enforcement employees, according to a letter signed by the chairs of eight of the party’s caucuses, including those...WW…

The influential online liberal organization MoveOn endorsed Joe Biden for president Wednesday, a sign that to his candidacy.Biden won the support of 82% of MoveOn members, which counts 13 million people on its mailing list. He is the fourth presidential candidate that the organization has endorsed in its 20-year history, after Barack Obama (twice) and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primary. MoveOn declined to reveal how many members voted.“MoveOn’s millions of members are ready to mobilize together in support of Joe Biden, working to turn out voters in key states and ensure that...…The influential online liberal organization MoveOn endorsed Joe Biden for president Wednesday, a sign that to his candidacy.Biden won the support of 82% of MoveOn members, which counts 13 million people on its mailing list. He is the fourth presidential candidate that the organization has endorsed in its 20-year history, after Barack Obama (twice) and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primary. MoveOn declined to reveal how many members voted.“MoveOn’s millions of members are ready to mobilize together in support of Joe Biden, working to turn out voters in key states and ensure that...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateWith the nation facing an economic calamity, an unlikely group of politicians, ranging from President Trump and Sen. Mitt Romney to Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Ro Khanna, is lining up behind a measure Stockton put in place a year ago: Giving money directly to people, no questions asked.The cash payments are likely to be included in a $1 trillion-plus coronavirus stimulus package that Congress will take up in the coming days. How much people would receive, and whether there would be restrictions based on income, is in flux.What’s...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateWith the nation facing an economic calamity, an unlikely group of politicians, ranging from President Trump and Sen. Mitt Romney to Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Ro Khanna, is lining up behind a measure Stockton put in place a year ago: Giving money directly to people, no questions asked.The cash payments are likely to be included in a $1 trillion-plus coronavirus stimulus package that Congress will take up in the coming days. How much people would receive, and whether there would be restrictions based on income, is in flux.What’s...WW…

In any other universe, the November election results would be devastating for the California GOP. It remains in a superminority in the Legislature. Only 11 of the state’s 53 House members next year will be Republicans. And Joe Biden drubbed President Trump in the state.But many Republicans are upbeat. They see hopeful sparks in those election embers and the promise of more victories to come.Fourteen years after a Republican was last elected to statewide office, the California Republican Party may have a future.Republicans won more battleground congressional seats than they lost, and than...…In any other universe, the November election results would be devastating for the California GOP. It remains in a superminority in the Legislature. Only 11 of the state’s 53 House members next year will be Republicans. And Joe Biden drubbed President Trump in the state.But many Republicans are upbeat. They see hopeful sparks in those election embers and the promise of more victories to come.Fourteen years after a Republican was last elected to statewide office, the California Republican Party may have a future.Republicans won more battleground congressional seats than they lost, and than...WW…

Jerry Brown has lasted five decades in public life by following his “canoe theory” of politics: Paddle a little left, then paddle a little right to maintain a mostly centrist course — or in his case, center-left.Brown is offering the same advice to President-elect Joe Biden, who is hearing the first complaints from progressives that he isn’t paddling left as hard as he should.Some railed on his choice of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Sen. Bernie Sanders that Tanden “repeatedly maligned my staff and supporters and (belittled) progressive ideas” when she led the...…Jerry Brown has lasted five decades in public life by following his “canoe theory” of politics: Paddle a little left, then paddle a little right to maintain a mostly centrist course — or in his case, center-left.Brown is offering the same advice to President-elect Joe Biden, who is hearing the first complaints from progressives that he isn’t paddling left as hard as he should.Some railed on his choice of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Sen. Bernie Sanders that Tanden “repeatedly maligned my staff and supporters and (belittled) progressive ideas” when she led the...WW…

President Trump recently in Bullhead City, Ariz., near the Nevada border. He spent roughly two minutes explaining what he would do if re-elected.The rest of the speech was a free-form ramble, as Trump careened from grievances to fearmongering to goofiness. He said the “fake news” and “big tech” were conspiring against him, predicted that a Joe Biden victory would cause a depression “maybe (like) 1929,” and said — falsely — that Californians are required to always wear “special masks” and joked that “when you eat spaghetti and meatballs, it looks like you got in a fight with (Ultimate...…President Trump recently in Bullhead City, Ariz., near the Nevada border. He spent roughly two minutes explaining what he would do if re-elected.The rest of the speech was a free-form ramble, as Trump careened from grievances to fearmongering to goofiness. He said the “fake news” and “big tech” were conspiring against him, predicted that a Joe Biden victory would cause a depression “maybe (like) 1929,” and said — falsely — that Californians are required to always wear “special masks” and joked that “when you eat spaghetti and meatballs, it looks like you got in a fight with (Ultimate...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe wave of public support for a racial justice movement after the killing of George Floyd in May isn’t translating to the as a proposition that was intended to address racial inequities is on shaky ground.Supporters initially thought which would reinstate affirmative action in public university admissions and government hiring and contracting, would appeal to Californians who were more open after Floyd’s death to the argument that systemic racism has held down Black and brown people in the U.S.But the measure, which would...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe wave of public support for a racial justice movement after the killing of George Floyd in May isn’t translating to the as a proposition that was intended to address racial inequities is on shaky ground.Supporters initially thought which would reinstate affirmative action in public university admissions and government hiring and contracting, would appeal to Californians who were more open after Floyd’s death to the argument that systemic racism has held down Black and brown people in the U.S.But the measure, which would...WW…

Joe Biden will find out Thursday if he wins the endorsement of the liberal online hub MoveOn, a sign — if he gets it — that he is inching closer to winning over progressive voters who remain skeptical about him.It’s not a given that Biden will receive the two-thirds vote he needs to win the backing of MoveOn, which has 13 million people on its mailing list. Four years ago, MoveOn chose to launch a “United Against Hate” campaign against Donald Trump rather than ask its members to endorse Hillary Clinton, after more than three-fourths of them voted to back Sen. Bernie Sanders in the primary....…Joe Biden will find out Thursday if he wins the endorsement of the liberal online hub MoveOn, a sign — if he gets it — that he is inching closer to winning over progressive voters who remain skeptical about him.It’s not a given that Biden will receive the two-thirds vote he needs to win the backing of MoveOn, which has 13 million people on its mailing list. Four years ago, MoveOn chose to launch a “United Against Hate” campaign against Donald Trump rather than ask its members to endorse Hillary Clinton, after more than three-fourths of them voted to back Sen. Bernie Sanders in the primary....WW…